Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our very limited resources are all tied up in getting on with the work . |
| 2 | Mr Bond said : ‘ There are 33 independent milkmen who are all helping out by picking up food around the town . |
| 3 | You know , the number and I mean has n't been able to get round to buying space in the T T G and Travel Weekly until the first two weeks in February cos we were so late in informing him I must had this conversation has taken away the brochure so there 's not a copy here but we 'll try and get hold of some as soon as possible but I mean they 're mainly for Glasgow but had been been up there from R and D y'know and she said that the people up there did n't seem to know the slightest thing about interline how to deal with interline tickets and agency tickets and all that sort of business . |
| 4 | It would be great to start off by winning this tournament . ’ |
| 5 | In addition , the poor horse has spent his first years learning how to balance himself and be able to charge round without tangling his legs up . |
| 6 | In response to this argument it may be observed that even the BCG itself , in a series of articles about strategic investment in the Financial Times , November 1981 , points out that there can still be profitable niches in declining markets and that ‘ dogs ’ may be able to bite back by identifying new possibilities in their industries ( see also Thietart and Vivas , 1983–4 ) . |
| 7 | Soon it would be completely behind her , and she would be able to get on with living again , untroubled by the cataclysms of her emotions . |
| 8 | I was hoping I 'd be able to get in without bothering . |
| 9 | I have seen enough already to know that my work on Christabel must be seriously altered in the light of what you have in these letters — I would n't be happy going on without taking them into account — and that must be true of Dr Michell 's work on Ash too , just as true . ’ |
| 10 | HAVING by now produced one or two very presentable videos by the direct method of editing in camera , you may be ready to move on to carrying out some post-production editing as a way of overcoming the limitations of in-camera editing and further improving the standard of your work . |
| 11 | A bachelor with a sister as housekeeper , he had found retirement unstimulating , and had been pleased to come back to teaching at any price , any place . |
| 12 | It gave me a sense of liberation , being able to look around without overbalancing . |
| 13 | It appears as a tiny whitish worm , often coated in green algae , and is impossible to pull off without causing damage to the fish . |
| 14 | Supervision is difficult because it is easy to start up without registering . |
| 15 | Yes but it 's all based down on cutting more . |
| 16 | Windows 3.1 is much better in this respect and claims that it is safe to carry on after killing an application but I personally would still prefer to re-start Windows . |
| 17 | It is safe to move about by treading on the joists , but do not on any account tread on the plasterboard as it will give way . |
| 18 | Ashdown is keen to find out about teleworking , the buzz-word for the Ruscoe phenomenon . |
| 19 | Mistakes can be costly and the author recalls one scheme where the beneficiary of a right of way waited until a house purchaser was due to move in before exercising his rights , thus deliberately causing the maximum disruption to the developer . |
| 20 | Kelly was due to step down after covering for the suspended Tracey against Arsenal last week . |
| 21 | It was possible to walk in without pushing or being pushed , though there was no question of finding a seat . |
| 22 | After Bromsgrove they lost three games in a row , so it was important to get back to winning , against St Albans last Saturday then Netley 3-0 . |
| 23 | After Bromsgrove they lost three games in a row , so it was important to get back to winning , against St Albans last Saturday , then Netley 3-0 . |
| 24 | This was so demonstrably unfair that SAVE was able to hit back by seeking leave for judicial review . |
| 25 | Then she was able to move on to paying all those bills that had accumulated . |
| 26 | I was in less difficulty than on the first two days : I no longer pushed the ends of the shafts but gained better control from between them and was able to look around without overbalancing . |
| 27 | More awkward still , since Laura was not on board , he was obliged to lock up before going to the office , and had to wait on board , with his brief-case and umbrella , determinedly not listening , while Nenna went down to the saloon . |